Quotes About Acknowledgment

We are not moved to change those things whose reality we deny.

I cannot overcome a fear whose reality I deny. I cannot correct a problem in the way I deal with my associates if I will not admit it exists. I cannot change traits I insist I do not have. I cannot forgive myself for an action I will not acknowledge having taken.

But remember: "Accepting" does not necessarily mean "liking." "Accepting" does not mean we cannot imagine or wish for changes or improvements. It means experiencing, without denial or avoidance, that a fact is a fact.

And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.

Credit is where credit is due and to honner the trixture whose illusions finally become true

Even an acknowledgment from someone who hates him is better than having no one but strangers watch him perish.

My ego says it must be me they're after

No son los mejores sitios del mundo, ¿verdad? Tienes que luchar para que sepan que estás ahí; si no, vives una vida de mera adecuación, que es lo peor que hay.

I've found out why men sign their names to their works- not that they created them but more than the others did not.

Permiteme que te diga que en cuanto empiezas a admitir que un horror es un horror, al fin se hace MENOS horror.

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

Yet, those who are truly honest and humble enough to admit the truth come to the end of their earthly lives acknowledging that they have barely scratched the surface.

DEAR LORD, forgive me when I demand evidence of your working and power instead of thanking you for all you do. Please open my eyes to be aware of your presence, to sense your nearness, and to see the works of your hand everywhere I look. With all my heart I welcome your presence today, however you choose to reveal yourself to me. And don't let me forget to thank you.

Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.

The few surviving Armenians no longer ask to go home. They do not ask for restitution. They ask simply to have the memory of their obliteration acknowledged. It is a moral obsession, the lonely legacy passed onto the third and fourth generation who no longer speak Armenian but who carry within them the seeds of resentment that will not be quashed.

Miller captures in the play the darkest pathology of white America—the inability to accept who we are, where we came from, acknowledge and take responsibility for the crimes we committed and with that understanding access where we are going and who we want to become. The danger of self-delusion is the central point of Miller's play.

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.

The Ballon d'Or has never been something that I've missed.

Nobody knew me. They just knew that I was the guy from 'Mission: Impossible.'

I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone.

I don't know if it is because I have a distinct look or not, but there are no fans that have mistaken me for someone else.

Mitch, Mitchell - I don't care, but my mom prefers Mitchell. I'll answer to either one.

Somewhere in the mix, we forgot the very critical people who deliver the service.

It's funny, but people still get us mixed up. They come up to me and say, 'Gee, we still remember how great you were with Wally Berry in 'The Champ' and I have to tell them that was Jackie Cooper.'